military personnel in countries including Canada,382 the US,383 France,384 Singapore385 and South Korea.386 Polish company European Security Academy offers training courses to law enforcement and military personnel and civilians in their purpose-built training centre and around the world.387 The company has reportedly held training courses in 15 countries including Colombia, Kenya, Russia and Ukraine, and its clients have included the Bangladeshi Special Forces, “soldiers from Saudi Arabia who serve in the prison system” and the Saudi “anti-terrorism police”.388 The company promotes training aimed at, inter alia, SWAT teams and riot control units.389 Such technical assistance and training can play an important role in facilitating the appropriate use of law enforcement equipment in line with regional and international human rights standards. However, if not adequately regulated, there is a danger that the provision of certain training – whether by State entities or by commercial companies - may promote and legitimise potentially abusive practices (as illustrated by the case study below). 9.1. Illustrative case of concern: provision of training by Euro Security Products An example of a CoE-based company that provides security equipment and training of concern is Euro Security Products. This Czech company manufactures and supplies electric shock devices, mechanical restraint devices, batons and RCA dispersal devices for law enforcement, correctional and military personnel as well as for civilian use. Euro Security Products also designs and delivers training for law enforcement and security personnel worldwide. The company has delivered training to police forces in the following CoE countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Latvia and Spain. In addition they have trained police forces in Botswana, China, D.R. Congo, India, Kosovo (UN), Mexico, Nigeria, Uganda, and Venezuela.390 382 Bonowi IPE GmbH Facebook page, post uploaded 25 July 2016, https://www.facebook.com/217694444950514/photos/a.226142057439086.57025.217694444950514/10554377 71176173/?type=3&theater (accessed 30 November 2017). 383 See video http://www.bonowi.cn/en/?p=4839 (accessed 13 December 2017). 384 Bonowi IPE GmbH Facebook page, post uploaded on 6 January 2016 reads: “Bonowi EKA Training with a great French Army Team”, https://www.facebook.com/217694444950514/photos/pcb.933636666689618/933636203356331/?type=3 (accessed 15 December 2017). 385 Bonowi IPE GmbH Facebook page, post uploaded on 3 June 2015 reads: “Training in Singapur” https://www.facebook.com/BonowiIPE/posts/834369459949673 (accessed 15 December 2017). 386 Bonowi IPE GmbH Facebook page, post uploaded on 7 December 2014 reads: “Bonowi Training Seoul” https://www.facebook.com/BonowiIPE/photos/a.621177691268852.1073741828.217694444950514/750043681 715585/ (accessed 15 December 2017). 387 European Security Academy website, http://www.euseca.com/en/about-us/introduction/ (accessed 30 November 2017). 388 See AFP video, available at <https://www.youtube.com/v/RsH9WcyZKuE&hd=1?rel=0&wmode=transparent> (accessed and archived 19 December 2016). 389 European Security Academy promotional catalogue, available at http://www.euseca.com/en/aboutus/introduction/ (accessed 18 January 2018). 390 See Euro Security Products website, (in particular photo-gallery), http://www.eurosecurity.info/en/photogallery.html and http://www.euro-security.info/en/training-courses-esp/photogallery-espcourses.html; Training courses ESP, References http://www.euro-security.info/en/training-coursesesp/references.html (all accessed 18 January 2018). For further information including previous correspondence with the company see: Amnesty International and Omega Research Foundation, Grasping the nettle: ending Europe’s trade in torture and execution technology, ACT 01/1632/2015, 2015. 72